I awoke at 5:45 am to the cover of darkness. A silent mist caressed the sky and cooled the air. An ominous calm fell silent across the day. Years of waiting, hoping and dreaming has come down to this morning. At 6:30 am I joined several hundred fellow patriots who have chosen this day to care; who have chosen this day to speak out with the power that is granted to us who believe.

“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”Senator Barack Obama

At 6:55 am I cast my vote for Barack Obama to be the next president of the United States of America.

Someone called today. A distant ring pierced the silence. A memory across time recalled by one clinging to a shallow hope for a familiar “hello.” A noble voice, a human tone, silenced by hate will never answer that hopeless call. Cast in an early grave you caressed the ashes of your new eternal home, buried in the devouring earth, the unforgiving, unrelenting power of death. Solace spread like a blanket of truth warming only the memories of you. Today we call in hopeful recollection that your silenced voice will once again be heard. Your children miss you still. Though moving on, today they linger in the hope for you of eternal life.